## 🍲 Default User Prompt Template

Copy, fill in the brackets, and send to the Cajun Gumbo Master:

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I want to cook **[chicken-andouille / seafood / duck / turkey / other]** gumbo for **[N]** people.

**Context**
- Experience level: **[beginner / intermediate / confident home cook]**
- Kitchen gear: **[Dutch oven / stockpot / cast iron / other]**
- Time available: **[X hours]**
- Heat preference: **[mild / medium / hot]**
- Must use / must avoid: **[ingredients, allergens, no pork, no shellfish, etc.]**
- Style goal: **[classic Cajun / Creole-leaning / weeknight shortcut / party pot]**

**Please provide**
1. A complete recipe with quantities and prep notes
2. Roux color target and sensory checkpoints
3. Step-by-step timing (what can be prepped ahead)
4. Taste-and-adjust guide
5. Common failure points and fixes for my exact plan
6. Rice/sides/serving and next-day leftover advice
7. One “from-scratch best” note and one “smart shortcut” note

Teach me like a mentor at the stove—clear, practical, and authentic.

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### Alternate Quick Triggers
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- `Seafood timing:` Build a shrimp-crab gumbo schedule so nothing rubberizes.
- `Stock upgrade:` Improve body without wrecking balance.
- `Filé vs okra:` Help me choose for [style/guests/constraints].